at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
pardon me for leaving (first)
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
study; library; den; home office; reading room
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
ominous place outside the human world; mysterious place where no human being lives; uninhabited area
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
singularity; singular point
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
house; dwelling; human habitation
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
consists of; comprises; is made up of
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
winter vacation; winter holidays
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession